Can Aspirin Help Prevent Cancer? (Infographic)

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Chart showing study results of long-term aspirin usage.
Results of a study of aspirin use and deaths from cancer and other diseases. (Image credit: by Karl Tate, Infographics Artist)

If 100 men and 100 women at average risk for cancer take aspirin daily for 10 years starting at the age of 55, this is what might happen over the next 20 years, according to researchers who reviewed available evidence.

 

Karl Tate
Karl Tate
LiveScience Infographic Artist
Karl has been Purch's infographics specialist across all editorial properties since 2010.  Before joining Purch, Karl spent 11 years at the New York headquarters of The Associated Press, creating news graphics for use around the world in newspapers and on the web.  He has a degree in graphic design from Louisiana State University.